18. Marianne Moore (cont.)

Modern Poetry (ENGL 310) with Langdon Hammer

The previous lecture's examination of "The Octopus" is continued, focusing on Moore's innovative use of quotation. The poem "Silence" is read in connection with nineteenth-century poetry and the poet's personal reticence. Selections from Elizabeth Bishop's personal memoir of Moore are presented with special attention to Moore's relationships with other modernists and male poets in particular. The poem "To a Snail" is considered as a meditation on style and compression, and a reading of "The Paper Nautilus" rounds out a wider examination of the use and meaning of restraint in Moore's poetry.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Marianne Moore Poem: "An Octopus"
12:48 - Chapter 2. Marianne Moore Poem: "Silence"
17:11 - Chapter 3. Marianne Moore and Her Complex Relationship to Her Male Peers
29:10 - Chapter 4. Marianne Moore Poem: "The Fish"
31:09 - Chapter 5. Marianne Moore Poem: "To a Snail"
32:28 - Chapter 6. Marianne Moore Poem: "When I Buy Pictures"
34:35 - Chapter 7. Marianne Moore Poem: "The Paper Nautilus"

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://oyc.yale.edu

This course was recorded in Spring 2007.